Ghughudanga Zamindar Bari was the residential palace and place of business of the Ghughu-danga zamindar family. It is situated on the banks of the Purnobhoba River in Dinajpur District. The palace was destroyed by Pakistani soldiers in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Location of Ghughudanga The ancient village Ghughudanga is situated on the east side of Purnobhoba River and 8 miles away from Dinajpur Sadar at Auliapur Union. Kotiborsho city was situated there, which was Kotiborsho Nogori and it was the administration center of Guptopal. Later it also known as Debkot. In 1204-05 Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji after conquering the northern and western parts of Bengal, first established his city in Lakhnauti but later he established his city at Devkot. He came back from his failed Tibet expedition and he died at Devkot. In this Debkot in the reign of Muslim Damdama was erected. But nowadays it is in ruins. Near this ruined city, India's South Dinajpur district's Gangarampur town is situated. Ghugudanga Estate During the last part of the British rule, Ghugudanga Estate was the most important amongst the Muslim Zamindars (feudal lords under British Indian Rule) within undivided Dinajpur district of undivided Bengal comprising 30 police stations. It is known that the annual lease rent amount (Land Tax for the British Indian Government only) of this Estate stood to the tune of Rupees one lakh that time. There were 41 Tehsils and about 80 Peyadas (Process Servers) and Barkandaz (Footmen) within Ghugudanga Estate area covering 11 Police Stations. There once stood two old office buildings (Kuthibari) in Eidgah Residential Area just to the east of Dinajpur Bara Maidan of Dinajpur Town; but the main residential building of Zamindar family was built at Ghugudanga village situated on the left bank of the river Punarbhaba which is 6 miles to the south of Dinajpur Town. Zamindar areas Ghughudanga Zamindari was located within 11 thanas, such as Dinajpur Sadar Upazila Gangarampur Kushmandi (community development block) Raiganj Kaliaganj Itahar (community development block) Pirganj Upazila Thakurgaon District Biral Upazila Bochaganj Upazila Malda district (Raio-Muchia). Construction It was constructed in the style of Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture. Antique pieces In 1971 before the Indo-Pak War, in Ghughudanga state there were some antique pieces and that was gold chair which is now kept in national museum Bangladesh, 101 gram artificial gold koi fish, a beautiful umbrella along with silver haft, a big hand fan along with